Giant in Bartonsville Open

The Giant in Bartonsville opened about a month ago and I have stopped by twice to check the place out.  Many of the supermarkets in the Stroudsburg-ish area are older, smaller and have narrow isles.  The new Giant has large isles, a wide selection of food(I picked up some tasty healthy frozen soups that I [...]

Stroudsburg Tree Lighting 2009

If you drove through downtown Stroudsburg at night this week you would notice that the Christmas lights are up on the trees!  I love the “old town” charm of the christmas lights on trees in winter, the flower baskets hanging off the poles in summer, those things that give Stroudsburg that  ‘small town’ charm feeling [...]

A visit to Callies Candy Kitchen and Callie’s Pretzel Factory

Last weekend was unusually warm for March in the Poconos (above 60 degrees) and after being holed up inside all winter we were more then ready to get out for some weekend fun.  My son was dying to play outside but the warm weather had caused all the snow to melt making our yard and [...]

The Crossings – a great place to shop!

There are plenty of places to shop in the Poconos but by far the largest and I’m assuming most visited is The Crossings Premium Outlets in Tannersville.  Its location right off of Interstate 80 makes for easy access, especially if you are not familiar with the area.  On weekends it definitely gets a bit crowded [...]

Panera Bread and other new places on 611

Panera Bread Today we had lunch catered from Panera Bread in Stroudsburg which is part of the new set of stores located on Route 611.  If you haven’t driven by recently the new shopping center consists of Panera Bread, Best Buy, Borders, Old Navy, Petsmart and…I forget the other one :\ Anyway, lunch was terrific [...]